Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-12
B0SSED.

In matrimonial, as in other human path
ways, the man who hesitates is bossed.-New
York Journal.
Chips from trees felled by Mr. Gladstone
at Hawarden are sold for eighteen pence
apiece. In this country chips from trees can
be obtained by simply asking for them
Norristown Herald.
When fast train is rounding a curve and
the engineer sees another train on the same
track the time for first discovering that the
air brakes will not work does not seem appro-
priate.-New Orleans Picayune.
''Did you notice that gentleman who just
went into the bank?7 'FI saw geveral gentle
men go into the bank" ''I mean the one
whose pockets bulged out So" Yes"
''That was Henry George. THE Epoch.
Mrs. Coleman Drayton is said to be the best
dressed woman in America. Her gowns and
things cost about $40, 900 a year Where
Mr. Drayton's plumbing establishment is sit
uated is not stated.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Webster says "bustle' means ga very
quick notion" Wonder if it really does
make girls quicker in motion. If so it would
be good scheme to make some hired girls
wear them all the time while at work.-Ken-
tueky State Journal.
A Michigan girl surprised thief in the
barn and chased him with a pitchforz until
he had dropped the harness he had stolen.
marries and her husband should come home
late at tnight.-Norristown Herald.
A correspondent asks the New York
Journal "why stamp is placed in the upper
left hand corner of an envelope" How igno-
rant they are in the metropolis! We had sup
posed that everybody knew that it was placed
there to pay the postage-Boston Transcript
81 see that several assemblies of brewers
have left the Knights of Labor" remarked
tha hforS 01i +haIr lao-. IL,
Was inappropriate, anyhow" replied the
snake editor. "Why g" EThey ought to
have joined the Knights of Malta "-Pitts-
burg Chronicle.
Wife-"Where shall we put that tall
clock?" Husband-"Well, I notice it is the
style to put clocks at the head of the stairs" +"
eyes, I have noticed that they are often put
there, but 1 should not think it good place.
1 should think 1t was temptation for them
to run down. n."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Ruling Passion-He fell from fourth
story window, striking on his head, and,
strange to say, was picked up apparently
Ifeless. "Who is the unfortunate mana"
asked passer-by. GA hardware drummer" !"
was the reply, ''and he is dead. He fell
drummer and only fell from a fourth-story
window; then he can't be dead. Let me see
if I can't revive him." The gentleman
whispered in his ear: "What can you sell
me ten casks of straight, gelf-colored coil
chain, g inch at?" Eight and quarter
cents, thirty days" said the dead drummer,
struggling to sitting posture. How'll you
have 'em shipped"- Bits.
A Poor Policy-The coal agent of fire
company went out to Chene street one day
recently to adjust a loss in a dwelling
house. There had been only small blaze
with about S25 real damage, but when the
man was asked to give in his figures he said:
ct doan' take fife hoonered dollar und be SO
scarf again. Put down fife hoonered." :"
eyes" ''Und my wife goes almost into fits
and you can put down one tousand." eyes"
HUnd my brudder-law vhas so oopset dot he
shakes all oafer NIT shill. Put down two
hoonered for dot" Anything more?"
''Ven, my dog goes wiidt, der womans next
door faints avhay, und haf to sit oop all
night. Maybe you like to trow me in
hoonered dollar extra" When he was in
formed that the policy only covered actual
damages. he held up his hands and shouted:
"Only dot! Why, den 1 vhas some fools to
haf a fire in mine house. ."-Detroit Free
Press.